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Removal of warts with nitrogen

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Last reviewed: 19.11.2021
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It does not matter which part of the body the wart has grown, it causes only one desire - to get rid of it as soon as possible. Among the treatments are the removal of warts by nitrogen, which is used for any type of wart. This method of exposure is suitable even for children.

A newborn on the skin (more often benign) is called a wart, which appeared due to viral processes in the body (papilloma virus). Warts are simple, juvenile (flat), plantar.

To ordinary carry dense, dry on structure, painless neoplasms, having an uneven villous surface. The size varies from a few millimeters to the size of a large pea. Ordinary warts, connecting with each other, can form huge plaques. Often, such warts affect the hands.

Plantar warts are a kind of common, found in places of contact with shoes, occur with excessive sweating of the feet. Characterized by soreness, which hampers free movement.

Juvenile warts appear in children or in adolescence. Rounded, irregularly shaped nodules cover the back surface of the hands, the skin of the face. Such neoplasms can appear as a result of mechanical damage to the skin - scratches, bruises, cuts, etc.

You need to contact the hospital if: 

  • the wart has changed shape, color, size, or the simultaneous occurrence of these processes is observed; 
  • was found an anguish, a bleeding formation; 
  • severe soreness of the affected area; 
  • heterogeneity of color of warts; 
  • in the area of the wart burning sensation, pain, itching; 
  • there is an increase in the number of warts; 
  • warts spread to places where they can be injured.

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Removal of warts with liquid nitrogen

The technology of cryodestruction or the removal of warts with liquid nitrogen means getting rid of warts with low temperatures. The method of local freezing leads to tissue death.

Removal of warts with nitrogen is done with a long (up to 30 cm) wooden rod, at the end of which a cotton swab is placed. The applicator for supplying liquid nitrogen can be in the form of a reservoir tank with a metal tip of various shapes.

The effect on normal warts is 10 to 30 seconds. The applicator is perpendicular, it can be slightly pressed into the surface of the formation. The action of nitrogen condenses the structure of the wart, making it pale. After a minute, there is swelling and redness of the treated area, and after a couple of hours there is an epidermal bladder that decreases in five to seven days. The place of the wart turns into a dense crust, which in ten to fourteen days is completely rejected. About an unpleasant neoplasm reminds only a pale pink speck.

Removal of warts by liquid nitrogen by the method of stamping (the applicator is located parallel to the area of action, treating it in circular motions) is applicable for juvenile neoplasms. For three or four times a cycle of treatment, each of which lasts no more than two minutes, achieve an easy palliation of the skin. Exfoliation of the warts occurs approximately in a week. The only care for frozen skin is rubbing the area with 2% salicylic alcohol.

Cold treatment favorably affects the process of regulation of metabolism in the body, leads to the formation of new necessary hormones, normalizes the general condition. When applying the method of contact with blood does not occur, which eliminates the secondary infection of tissues.

Removal of warts with nitrogen has contraindications: 

  • individual intolerance to nitrogen; 
  • hypertonic disease; 
  • epileptic conditions; 
  • angiospasm.

Removing plantar warts with nitrogen

Warts on the soles can cause painful sensations when walking, which is especially common in children, and may not reveal themselves in any way. Often, formations appear on the foot, heel, at the base of the fingers or on the pads.

Removal of plantar warts with nitrogen on the feet is characterized by the most unpleasant sensations, requires the patient special attention and patience in the process of remission. Sometimes the swollen bladder does not allow even to stand upright.

Removing plantar warts with nitrogen requires a longer exposure to the affected area. Cryodestruction is repeated up to 5 times with a break from three to five days. There are cases of treatment of warts on soles lasting up to six months. The specialist should treat the area so that the frost touches the body of the wart and its legs, and the healthy skin around the formation remains untouched. It is important to establish the depth of the effect, so that after the cryodestruction there are no dents left on the skin.

It should be remembered that the plantar wart refers to a viral disease that can be transmitted through household items. Some neoplasms on the soles can develop into a malignant tumor, so when a wart is found, consult a doctor.

Removal of warts with nitrogen is an effective technique in the hands of a competent dermatologist, and junior medical personnel are not allowed to perform this procedure. The technology of treatment is widely used in cosmetic and dermatological institutions, is characterized by simplicity and accessibility.

Removal of warts with liquid nitrogen became popular in patients because of the comparative painlessness of the method, due to the high therapeutic efficiency and the absence of tissue scars.

What is the cost of removing warts with nitrogen?

Removal of warts with nitrogen is an effective, safe and practically painless method. From the qualification of a specialist depends on the aesthetic appearance of your skin after the procedure, since a deep deep cooling can leave a scar on the tissues.

Removal of warts with nitrogen, the price is formed depending on the area of the lesion of a single element and the total number of formations. For example, getting rid of a wart up to 2 mm will cost an average of 30-40 UAH, and for processing a 6-millimeter neoplasm, the cost will be 90-100 UAH. The larger the area affected, the higher the cost of its freezing.

What are the patients' feedback on the removal of warts?

To delete the warts, the patients' comments are mixed. Individual morbidity in the freezing zone is noted after the procedure for up to two days. According to experts, this is due to the pain threshold of a particular person. Naturally, children cryodistruction with tears. But the effectiveness of the technique was appreciated by all those who had undergone treatment. In some cases, several cycles of procedures were required to achieve maximum effect. This applies to warts on the soles of the feet, as well as in cases of insufficient impact on individual roots, which resume their growth.

Removal of warts with nitrogen leads to temporary discomfort due to swollen bladder, which in no case can be punctured and it is undesirable to touch it at all. Pleases one that in two days the blister decreases. Some patients, in parallel with the treatment prescribed immunostimulants, vitamins.

The patients themselves do not recommend resorting to alternative means in the form of celandine juice, a mixture of flour and vinegar. Such recipes corrode the skin, leaving on it an unattractive scar.

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